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SPECIFICATION forming perror Letters Patent No. 608,914, dated August 9, 189e. Application led July 24, 1897. Serial No. 645,822.l (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JEAN REUSE, a `Belgian subject, residing at Enghien, Belgium, havey invented new. and useful Improvements in Cigar-Making Machines, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to cigar-machines of the general character of the machines heretofore patented to me, No. 552,447, 'dated to December 3l, 1895, and No. 554,606,'dated February 1l, 1896. l

The object of the present invention is to improve the mechanism of cigar-machines of this class in various particulars. The manipulators or jaws are duplicated at opposite ends of the machine and are so manipulated that the separate sets operate to cover the cigar with wrappers, which are wound in reverse direction, so that the machine may not only make two cigars simultaneously, but may wind said cigars in reverse spiral directions. The operating mechanism is further improved to center the completed cigar in the jaws with certainty until the proper ,delivery mechanism is brought into operation.

The present invention also embraces improvements in the trimming, gumming, delivery, and other mechanisms of the machine. Figure l is a front elevation of part of the machine, the remaining portion of which is shown in Fig. l, except that one set of jaws or manipulators is omitted from the two figures. Either set of jaws or manipulators may, in fact, be readily removed from the machine. Figs. 2 and 2 are together a rear elevation of the machine, one set of jaws or manipulators being omitted. Figs. 3 and 3 together form a plan or top view of the machine, one set of manipulators being omitted. The delivery apparatus and the driving mechanism shown will readily indicate fthe position of the removed jaws. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 2 through the middle of` the framework. Fig. 5 is a detached crosssectional view showing the manipulators of one group in the position they occupy at the time of the stopping of the machine prior to the delivery of the cigar from the manipulators and omitting some of the parts of the machine. Fig. G is a similar View of the machine, showing the manipulators or jaws in open position. Fig 7 is a detail elevation and partial section of a part of the operatinggear. ,[Figl S is a detail, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing one of the cutters and its connections. Fig. 9 is a similar view showing parts in different position. Fig. 10 isa detail, partlyin section and partly in elevation, showing cigar-delivery meehanism detached. Fig. 1l is a similar view showing different position of the delivery mechanism; Fig. 12, abroken section showing guide-levers and connections.

j The framework of the machine, as shown, is rectangular in form and is indicated by A. This frame has suitable supports for the various operative nparts' of the machine, among the most important of which are the parallel plates or pieces B B, which pieces afford supports or bearings for nearly all the driving shafts or spindles which extend lengthwise of the machine.

The pieces B B are spaced and held apart by the filler-pieces B B2, one of these iillers being at the front and the other at the rear of cheeks B B. There is thus a chamber open at top and bottom between the cheeks B B, and the cheeks are pierced for the longitudinal passage of shafts and rods. The shaft F, which is the main ,driving-shaft, has bearings near the end of the frame and in these cheekpieces, and the gear() is held to this shaft F between the cheek-pieces, so as to rotate with the shaft F. Oscillating plates I I also have their centers of motion onshaft F and may rock about such shaft. Gear D has a proj ecting hub,which rests in a suitable recess or bearing in the plates I, so that the rocking of plates I about the shaft F will still maintain the gear D in engagement `with the gear C on the shaft F. The plates uI I are tied together by ties I I2, so as to forin connectedbearings.

The gear E has hubs, which restin fcircular recesses or bearings in the cheek-pieces B B. Thus both gears D and E will be driven from the gear C; but gear D may change its relative position to gear E.

Cutside the cheek-pieces B B and pivoted near the top of such cheek-pieces are guidelevers l5 and 15. These guide-levers have IOO swing back and forth toward the front and i rear of the machine, the pivots by which the levers are connected tok cheeks B B forming the fulcrum. Y

Spindles 9 and 10 pass through openings in the levers 15 and 16 and so swing back and forth with said levers.

The spindle 9 at each side of the levers and cheek-pieces forms the fulcrum or support for one pair of jaws or manpulators 1 and 2. The spindle 10 forms a similar fulcrum for pairs of jaws 3 and 4:. These pairs of jaws are formed with lingers spread somewhat apart, and the fingers of jaws 1 and 2 lie between the fingers of jaws 3 and 4, and vice versa. The tails or lower extensions of these jaws are slotted, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.

The spindles 9 and 10 have a swingingl movement imparted to them by the guide-levers 15 16, as has been explained. The spindles 11 and 12 extend through the slots in the tails of the jaws, as indicated. These slots .have such relation to the fingers of the jaws that the annular travel of each spindle 11 or 12 causes the fingers of the pairs of jaws through which said spindle passes to open and close alternately. As the jaws have both an opening and closing and a rocking movement, the cigar-fillers or the fillers and wrap-- pers in the jaws will be caused to rotate on their axes, as explained more fully in former patents hereinbefore referred to.

There is a tip-former 13 at the end of each set of manipulator-jaws.v The arrangement of these tip-formers, as shown, at the ends of the jaws toward the partitions or cheeks B` cause the cigars to be formed with their tips pointing toward each other in the machine. The effect of this arrangement is to cause the manipulator-jaws to roll the cigar-fillers at opposite ends of the machine in opposite di- Thus on the same machine cigarsrections. may be made having the covering-leaf or wrapper rolled to the right and cigars having Vthe covering-leaf or wrapperrolled to the left, and covering-leaves or wrappers maybe cutout of the right-hand side of a tobacco-y leaf for cigars made in one set of manipulators, and leaves or wrappers cut out of the left-hand side of the same or similar leaves may be used in the other set of manipulators in the same machine and operatin g about si-` crank O and shaft P, (needed to stop shaft F,)

multaneously, as will be explained.

Theends of fthe spindles 9, 10, 11, and 12f being free, the sets of manipulators or jaws may be slipped on these spindles from the ends. Each set of manipulators may be held against its tip-former by rings 7 and 7X, attached to the shafts by set-screws, and by a coiled spring G,interposed between one of said rings and one set of the jaws and acting' to press the jaws toward the tip-former. The

Vspace between the fingers of one set of jaws 1 2 is a little more than the width'of the fingers of the jaws 3 4, and these jaws 3 4L are pressed by spring 6 toward the tip-former.

The mechanism which successively effects the stoppage of the machine, the cutting off of the thick end of the cigar, the simultaneous opening of the two pairs of manipulaters of each group, and the removal of the finished cigars from the open jaws or manipulators is actuated by the crank handle O. This crank O is keyed to the end of a shaft P, which shaft P is supported in bearings at one end of the machine and extends crosswise thereof. A beveled pinion P on shaft P engages beveled pinion N on shaft N, which shaft N is supported in bearings Q at the back of the machine and extends lengthwise thereof. This transverse arrangement of shaft P places thecrank in convenient operative position and enables the operator to observe the manipulators at all times.

A rod or bar R extends along the front of the machine and is supported by pins or screwsR' R', passing through slots in bar R and into the frame, so that the bar R may be moved lengthwise. BarR terminates at each end in a fork. The fork R3 has its arms at opposite sides of a cam P2, which is secured on shaft P. By turning the crank O the cam P causes the bar R to slide endwise. The rocking of shaft Pis stopped by the flat face of cam P2 engaging the shoulder R7 on the bar R when bar R has moved as far as slots R2 permit. A reverse rotation of crank O moves the bar R in reverse direction.

The fork R4 on bar R has its arms at opposite sides of the leverRS, which lever is supported on a fulcrum or pivot in the frame. The movement of bar R to thev right swings lever R5 so that a projection RG comes in front of a projection on the y-wheel G and IOC IIC

quickly stops the movement of said wheel and driving-shaft F and the parts driven by said shaft. A reverse movement of crank O,

lwhich brings the flat face of cam P2 against while pinion P remains stationary; but if the turning of crank-handle O be continued a pin or stop P5 on shaft P meets shoulder P6 `on collar P4 (see Figs. `3* and 7) and causes Shaft N carries cams N2 N2, each of whichy actuates onel of the knives S, which knives S cut oif the thick ends of the cigars in the jaws of the machine. The knives S are similar in construction and operation.

Each knife S is mounted on a curved lever S. The levers S are fulcrumed on shaft 25. A short arm of lever S rests on acushion or pad S5 when the knife is raised to extreme position. A spring S6, connected to lever S below the fulcrum and tothe frame, tends to `hold the knife up.

A push-bar or lever S2 is pivoted to lever S' between its fulcrum and the knife. Lever S2 has a projection S2, against which the tooth N3 of cam N2 bears when said cam is in its initial starting position.

A set-screw S4v extends through the outer end of lever S2 and can be projected `more or less below said lever.

When cam N2 rotates to press lever S2 toward lever S and thus depress knife S, as in Fig. 9, the set-screw S4 will ultimately engage the curved surface of cam N2 and so limit the engagement of the flat face of the cam with the arm .S2 of the lever S2, and thus the knife movement may be regulated. As soon as cam N3 passes out of engagement with arm S2 the lever S2 is released and spring S'i operates to lift the knife suddenly. The actual Amovement of the knife can thus be pre determined and the cutting. stopped "at such distance as Ato just sever the cigar andavoid contact with the jaws.

The downward movement of the knife S carries the knife into a slot or recess near the outer end of the jaws and cuts olf the large end of the cigar held in the jaws. As the jaws or manipulators are of various sizes, the movementof the knife with some jaws must be greater thanwith others.

The stoppage of the shaft F and the cutting olf of the ends of the cigars are effected while jaws 3 and 4 are open and jaws l and 2 are closed on the cigar. Before the finished cigar can be released these jaws l 2 must be opened. Their opening is effected by mechanism about to be described.

The gear D, which actuates spindle 11, is `mounted between plates I, as has beenexplained. The tie-rod l2, connecting plates I, is connected by a rod K to another rod L, `which rod L is pivotally connected to a disk or cam lever M `Disk or cam lever M is 4loosely mounted on a sleeve N4, and sleeve N4 is fast on shaft N. A spring L', connected to rod L and to the frame, tends to move rod L toward the back part of the machine, thus tending to rock plates I about shaft F, and

pressing on the arm of disk-lever M, tending to rock said lever or cam about shaftN; but the disk M has a notch M on its.roundedlsurn `face, i nto which notch the pawl ,M2 is normallyT pressed by a spring M3. Pawl M2 is broader than disk M, and a cam N5 on a sleeve N4 is close alongside the disk M, and the rotation of shaft N (after the operation of knivesS S, as described) causes cam N5 to lift pawl M2 and free it from the notch or tooth M', so that disk M may rock, and the plate I, rocking about shaft F, causes the wheel D and spindle ll to descend. Spindle 1l, moving in the slots in the tails of the manipulators l 2, causes the opening of their jaws, as will be understood by reference to Figs. 4, 5, and G. The different sets of manipulator-j aws being open, as above, the cigars are raised by raising-levers T T, which levers have hooked arms that normally lie down in recesses between the teeth of the manipulator-jaws.

Levers or lifters T are keyed to a shaft T, extending lengthwise of the machine, having bearings in cheeks B B. A spring T2, coiled about the shaft and connected thereto at one end and to the frame at the other end, tends to rock the shaft T to position to hold the delivery-levers T in position to lie under the cigars in the jaws. A ring T3, keyed to shaft T near one of the cheeks B, has projections T4 thereon, which projections limit the rocking movement of shaft T by engaging one or the other of stops T5 or T on the cheek B. A belt T7, secured to the hub'l3 of lever T, passes partly around this hub and .is partly wound on and secured to a sleeve U, loosely mounted on shaft N. A'spring U', coiled on shaft N between sleeve N4 and the sleeve U, holds the latter against a sleeve V, keyed on shaft N.

The adjacent faces of sleeves U and V are cut to form a clutch, the engaging parts U3 and V4 of which clutch are brought into contact when the rotation of the shaft N` has caused IOG the opening of the manipulator-jaws, Aas de- IIO nearly upright when the hooks of these levers i lie under the cigars in the jaws and are guides along which the cigars roll 4when the hooks are raised.

On the periphery of sleeve U there is an oblique projection U2, and as the sleeve rom tates to move levers T to delivery position this projection U2 bears against a stud WV, fixed tothe base of the machine. This stud acts to uncouple the clutch U V, and the action of spring T2 restores the levers and connections to delivery position for a subsequent cigar. r

The reversal of movement of crankhandle O restores all the parts of the machine to position for receiving new fillers. may then be entered and will be manipulated by the jaws in general, as explained in the `The iillers 1 patents referred to. The wrappers will be fed by hand to the cigars in the jaws, due care being used to enter a right or left Wrapper in the separate jaws, as the circumstances require.

The gum for pasting or gumming the cigartip may be contained in the receptacle X above the central part of the machine and xed to a covering-plate. Conduits X lead from this receptacle to ducts Y on each side of the plates B B, and so in front of the tipformer. In each duct Y there is a piston Z. The rod of this piston has a head Z', which acts as a valve for closing the passage from conduit X. A spring Z2 keeps the valve against the opening from the conduit. A stud Z3 passes through a slot in plate W and connects to piston Z, and by this stud the piston may be moved to open Valve Z. Gum passes by gravity along the conduit X into duct Y. lVhen the piston is pressed forward, gum enters the chamber Y and passes into the opening in plate W until flush with the surface of said plate. The attendant has only to control the feed of the gum to the groove and apply the tip of the wrapper to the gum before entering the wrapper in the jaws.

In operating this duplex machine the operator enters the filler into one of the sets of jaws, and while the jaws are compressing and rolling such lfiller the operator enters the filler into the other set of jaws. The wrappers, of suitable form and material, as has been explained, are then applied to the cigars, iirst to one and then to the other, and these are rolled on the cigar by the machine. At the proper time the crank-handle is turned to stop the manipulator mechanism, to cut off the large ends of the cigars, and to deliver the cigars from the machine.

As the tip-formers in the machine illustrated are near the center of the machine, the cigar-tips will both point toward the center of the machine. Then in rotating, while the direction of rotation of both cigars will be in the same direction, the spiral wind of the cigars will be in opposite directions-that is, one spiral will wind to the right, the other to the left.

I claiml. In acigar-machine the driving means and set of manipulator-s having intermeshing fingers with spaces between the fingers of one jaw of a width greater than the width of the fingers of the other jaw resting in` said spaces, and a spring bearing one of the jaws in the direction of the length of the other jaw, all combined substantially as described.

2. In a cigar-machine the driving means, a set of manipulators consisting of two pairs of jaws with intermeshing fingers of one pair resting in spaces between iingers of the other pair, said spaces being wider than said iingers, and a yielding presser bearing one pair of the jaws in the direction of the length of the other pair, all combined.

3. In a cigar-machine, a pair of manipulator-jaws one jaw having ngers of less width than the spaces between fingers of the other jaw, a tip-former at each end of the pair of jaws, and a spring bearing one of the jaws Ytoward the tip-former, all combined.

4. In a cigar-machine, a supporting-spindle and a driving-spindle and means for driving said spindles substantially as described so as to leave their ends free, a pair of manipulator-jaws adjustable to working position on said spindles, and a collar attachable to the supporting-spindle and sustaining a spring which bears on one of the manipulator-jaws, all combined.

5. In a cigar-machine the combination of manipulator-jaws and the rotating driving mechanism thereof, a rock-shaft operated by a handle and having a cam connected thereto, a slide-bar operated by said cam, and a lever mounted on the frame and shifted by the slidebar into position to act as a brake to the rotating drive mechanism, substantially as described. A

6. In a cigar machine, themanipulatorjaws and the driving mechanism therefor, the brake to such driving mechanism controlled by a rock-shaft operated by a handle, the knife-driving shaft connected with said firstmention ed by a gear operatin g with a lost motion, and the swinging knife operated by the knife-shaft, all combined.

7. In a cigar-machine, the frame and supports,the driving-shaft and jaw-driving mechanism extending lengthwise of the frame, thc crank-shaft extending transversely of the machine with its crank-handle at the front, and the knife and delivery mechanism connected to a shaft extending lengthwise at the rear of the machine and actuated by said crank-handle, all combined substantially as described. Y

8. In a cigar-machine, the manipulatorjaws and the driving mechanism therefor having a rotary driving-shaft and drive-wheel, a swing-lever pivoted on the frame with a brake projection in position to swing in the path of movement of the drive-wheel and stop the same, a slide-bar connected to said swing-lever, and a crank-shaft having a cam in a fork in said bar, and operating by its movement to shift said bar and so actuate the brake in either direction, all combined substantially as described.

9. In a cigar-machine, manipulator-jaws and the driving-gear therefor, a rock-shaft having an operating-crank and means connected thereto to operate as a brake on the driving-gear, a loose bevel-pinion on said rock-shaft and a projection on the shaft engaging the pinion to drive it after a partial rotation of the rock-shaft, and a knife-actuating shaft and connections driven from such bevel-pinion, all combined.

l0. The knife mounted on a curved lever pivoted to the frame, a cushion on the frame against which the heel of the knife-lever rests normally, a spring connected to the knife-le- IOO IIO

ver to hold it elevated, a push rod or lever lpivoted to the knife-lever, and a hand-propelled cam acting on the s aid push-rod to depress the knife, all combined.

11. In a cigar-machine, the curved knifelever and knife carried thereby, the leversupporting spring and the cushion under the heel of the knife, the push-bar connected to said lever having a projection in position for engagement with an operating-cam, and the set-screw in position to engage such cam and thus limit the action of said cam on the pushbar and knife-lever, all combined substantially as described.

12. In a cigar-machine, manipulator-jaws and means to drive and stop them, a cigarcutting knife and actuating mechanism therefor driven by a hand-propelled shaft, and an adjustable connection between the knifedriver and the knife-support, whereby the knife movement may be terminated at a predetermined distance, all combined substantially as described.

13. In a cigar-machine, two pairs of manipulator-jaws intermeshing as described, means for driving said jaws and for stopping the driving mechanism, and a hand-controlled mechanism by which one of the pairs of jaws can be opened when the driving mechanism is stopped, all combined substantially as described.

14.. In acigar-machine, two pairs of manipulator-jaws with intermeshing fingers, `driving-spindles for said jaws and means under control of the operator for stopping such driving-spindles, anda hand-controlled device by which one set of the driving-spindles may be opened when the power mechanism is at rest, all combined substantially as described.

15. In a cigar-machine, the manipulatorjaws and their driving and starting mechanism, the pivoted cheeks sustaining one of the driving-gears, and the driving-spindle operating on one pair of the jaws, the spring tending to rock said cheeks and thus open the jaws, and the hand-controlled mechanism acting to release said cheeks and render the spring operative, all in combination.

16. In a cigar-machine, the manipulatorjaws and their driving-spindles, oneof said spindles supported by pivoted cheek-pieces, a spring connected to said cheek-pieces to swing the same, a locking-pawl by Which the cheek-pieces are held against movement, and a cam under control of the operator in position torelease said pawl and permit the spring and connections to move the spindle and thus open a pair of jaws, all in combination substantially as described.

17.' In a cigar-machine, the manipulatorjaws, the delivery-levers, a belt connected to said levers leading to a hub on a rock-shaft, and hand mechanism whereby the rock-shaft may be rocked to actuate the delivery-levers, all combined substantially as described.

18. In a cigar-machine, the manipulatorjaws, the delivery-levers, a spring acting to hold the levers in the jaws, a belt connected to the delivery-levers and to a hub on the hand-operated rock-shaft whereby the levers are lifted, a clutch engaging said hub, and an automatic clutch-detaching device whereby the rock mechanism is released and the delivery-levers permitted to return under the i-niiuence of the spring, all the specified elements combined.

`In witness whereof I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses.

JEAN REUSE. Witnesses:

H. T. E. KIRKPATRICK,

J. S. KIRKPATRIGK. 

